The Duke Of Burgundy employs outré subject matter for a magnificently mundane purpose. At its core, this is one of the most incisive, penetrating, and empathetic films ever made about what it truly means to love another person...
...delivers a deadpan comedy of manners which is at once a surprisingly affecting study in the minutiae of a relationship both partners struggle to make work and a stylish essay in the wilfully perverse.
This is the story of a love affair based on sadomasochistic role-play, with the choreography of sub and dom and the traditional paradox about who is really in charge.
Sidse Babett Knudsen er (...) fuldmoden i sit register. Ingen kan som hende fa° en mundstreg til at vibrere mellem tilkæmpet kontrol og total magtesløshed.
Der er på én gang utroligt meget humor i den måde, Strickland går til den skemalagte, performancemæssige dimension af S/M, og en dyb forståelse for de mellemmenneskelige, psykologiske mekanismer, der er på spil.